John M. Goodenow

John Milton Goodenow
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 11th district
In office March 4, 1829 – April 9, 1830
Preceded by	John C. Wright
Succeeded by	Humphrey H. Leavitt
Supreme Court of Ohio
In office February 1, 1830 – May 7, 1830
Preceded by	Gustavus Swan
Succeeded by	Henry Brush
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Jefferson County district
In office December 1, 1823 – December 5, 1824 Serving with William Lowery
Preceded by	Jere H. Halleck, James Wilson, Samuel McNary
Succeeded by	William Hamilton, William Lowery
Personal details
Born	1782 Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Died	July 20, 1838 Cincinnati, Ohio
Political party	Jacksonian
Spouse(s)	Jane Waters, Sarah Lucy Wright Campbell
Children	Lucy, Angela Jane, Lucia

John Milton Goodenow (1782–1838) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, Goodenow attended the public schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1813. He was appointed collector of direct taxes and internal duties for the sixth collection district of Ohio in 1817. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1823.

He served the Freemasons as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1827.^[1]

Goodenow was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1829, until April 9, 1830, when he resigned, having been chosen a judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He resigned in the summer of 1830 on account of ill health. He moved to Cincinnati in 1832.

An Ohio Presidential elector in 1832 for Andrew Jackson,^[2] he was appointed presiding judge of the court of common pleas in 1833. He died in Cincinnati, July 20, 1838.^[3] He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.

Publications

• Goodenow, John (1819). Historical Sketches of the Principles and Maxims of American Jurisprudence: In Contrast with the Doctrines of the English Common Law on the Subject of Crimes and Punishment. Steubenville, Ohio: James Wilson. OCLC 4343241. - “was the first important commentary on the status of the English common law in America”,^[4] and “is an important resource for legal historians studying the development of American jurisprudence.”,^[3] though only 100 copies were printed.^[5]

Notes

1. "Past Grand Masters - 1827 John Milton Goodenow". Grand Lodge of Ohio. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
2. Taylor 1899 : 193
3. "John Milton Goodenow". The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System.
4. Winkler, John F. (2004). "The Legal Literature of Ohio". The History of Ohio Law. 2. Ohio University Press. p. 506. ISBN 0821415468.
5.  Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Goodenow, John M.". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

References

• Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... 1. State of Ohio. p. 193.

Attribution

• United States Congress. "John M. Goodenow (id: G000283)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.